Areas of Agreement

Pre-intermediate (A2) 25 minutes
ESL so, neither or nor activity preview for A2 showing sentences, agreement/disagreement, and pair discussion

ESL So, Neither or Nor Activity - Grammar and Speaking: Binary Choice, Sentence Completion, Reading and Responding to Statements - Pair Work

In this engaging agreeing and disagreeing activity, students practice responding to positive and negative statements, using so, neither or nor to agree...

ESL So, Neither or Nor Activity - Grammar and Speaking: Binary Choice, Sentence Completion, Reading and Responding to Statements, Controlled and Freer Practice - Pair Work In this engaging agreeing and disagreeing activity, students practice responding to positive and negative statements, using so, neither or nor to agree. First, students underline the correct word or phrase in each statement and response. Next, students complete positive and negative statements with information that is true for them. In pairs, students then take turns reading their statements to their partner, who agrees using so, neither or nor, or gives a contrasting response. Afterwards, pairs report back to the class on the things they agreed on.
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Neither and So

Pre-intermediate (A2) 25 minutes
ESL neither and so activity preview for A2 showing positive/negative statements and agreement/disagreement

ESL Neither and So Activity - Speaking: Making and Responding to Statements, Communicative Practice

In this communicative neither and so speaking activity, students agree with positive and negative statements using neither and so, or give a contrasting response. First, students underline the correct...

ESL Neither and So Activity - Speaking: Making and Responding to Statements, Communicative Practice In this communicative neither and so speaking activity, students agree with positive and negative statements using neither and so, or give a contrasting response. First, students underline the correct verb form in each statement to make it true for them. Students then go around the class reading their statements to different classmates, who agree using neither or so, or give a contrasting response. When a classmate agrees with a statement, the student writes their name in the 'Agree' column. When someone disagrees, they write their name in the 'Disagree' column. This continues until both columns are completed with names. Finally, students share their results with the class.
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Disagree with me

Intermediate (B1) 30 minutes
ESL agreeing and disagreeing game preview for B1 showing sentence-starter cards for group discussion

ESL Agreeing and Disagreeing Game - Speaking and Grammar: Sentence Completion, Freer Practice - Group Work

Here is an amusing agreeing and disagreeing game to help students practice expressions of agreement and disagreement. In groups, students take turns selecting a card and completing the statement...

ESL Agreeing and Disagreeing Game - Speaking and Grammar: Sentence Completion, Agreeing and Disagreeing, Freer Practice - Group Work Here is an amusing agreeing and disagreeing game to help students practice expressions of agreement and disagreement. In groups, students take turns selecting a card and completing the statement on the card with true information that others would find difficult to agree with, e.g. 'I want to live somewhere where it's cold and cloudy all year round. I can't stand sunny weather.' The other group members then respond by agreeing or disagreeing with the statement. If no one agrees with the statement, the student wins the card. If someone agrees, the card is removed from the game. The student with the most cards at the end of the game is the winner.
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Do you agree?

Intermediate (B1) 35 minutes
ESL agreeing and disagreeing worksheet preview for B1 showing categorising, matching, and opinion sharing

ESL Agreeing and Disagreeing Worksheet - Vocabulary Exercises: Categorising, Matching, Writing Sentences - Speaking Activity: Sharing Opinions - Pair Work

In this free agreeing and disagreeing worksheet, students learn and practice phrases for agreeing and disagreeing with opinions. First, students...

ESL Agreeing and Disagreeing Worksheet - Vocabulary Exercises: Categorising, Matching, Writing Sentences - Speaking Activity: Sharing Opinions - Pair Work In this free agreeing and disagreeing worksheet, students learn and practice phrases for agreeing and disagreeing with opinions. First, students categorise agreeing and disagreeing phrases according to their function and level of emphasis. Students then match the agreeing and disagreeing expressions with explanations. Next, students agree or disagree with opinions using the expressions and write an explanation to support each response. After that, in pairs, students take turns reading each opinion and agreeing or disagreeing using their responses. Finally, with their partner, students take turns giving opinions on topics and responding with suitable expressions followed by an explanation.
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Fire! Fire!

Intermediate (B1) 25 minutes
ESL agreeing and disagreeing activity preview for B1 showing pair ranking and discussion of possessions

ESL Agreeing and Disagreeing Activity - Speaking: Asking and Answering Questions, Ranking, Communicative Practice - Pair Work

In this agreeing and disagreeing speaking activity, students discuss which items to save in a house fire. In pairs, students imagine that they share a house which...

ESL Agreeing and Disagreeing Activity - Speaking: Asking and Answering Questions, Ranking, Communicative Practice - Pair Work In this agreeing and disagreeing speaking activity, students discuss which items to save in a house fire. In pairs, students imagine that they share a house which contains all the items on the worksheet. Their house is on fire, and they have ten minutes to save as many possessions as possible. In pairs, students then give their opinions and reach an agreement on which ten items to choose and in which order to rescue them. When everyone has finished, pairs read out their results and the class discusses the findings.
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I couldn't agree more

Intermediate (B1) 40 minutes
ESL agreeing and disagreeing worksheet preview for B1 showing gap-fill, phrase identification, and guided discussion

ESL Agreeing and Disagreeing Worksheet - Vocabulary Exercises: Matching, Gap-fill, Writing Sentences - Speaking Activity: Discussion, Opinion Sharing - Pair Work

In this useful agreeing and disagreeing worksheet, students practice phrases showing various levels of agreement or disagreement. First...

ESL Agreeing and Disagreeing Worksheet - Vocabulary Exercises: Matching, Gap-fill, Writing Sentences - Speaking Activity: Guided Discussion, Opinion Sharing - Pair Work In this useful agreeing and disagreeing worksheet, students practice phrases showing various levels of agreement or disagreement. First, students identify the level of agreement or disagreement in 12 phrases by writing strongly agree, agree, disagree or strongly disagree next to each expression. Students then complete three conversations with the agreeing and disagreeing phrases. Next, students say whether they agree or disagree with statements by writing sentences about their opinions that include phrases to agree or disagree. Finally, in pairs, students discuss who they agree with in the conversations in Exercise B and why, and then discuss the statements in Exercise C, share their opinions and agree or disagree.
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Me Neither

Intermediate (B1) 25 minutes
ESL neither and nor activity preview for B1 showing mingling agreement with negative statements

ESL Neither and Nor Activity - Speaking: Sentence Completion, Responding to Statements, Communicative Practice

This communicative neither and nor speaking activity helps students to practice agreeing with negative statements using neither and nor. First, students complete negative statements with information...

ESL Neither and Nor Activity - Speaking: Sentence Completion, Responding to Statements, Communicative Practice This communicative neither and nor speaking activity helps students to practice agreeing with negative statements using neither and nor. First, students complete negative statements with information that is true for them. Students then go around the classroom reading their statements to one another, trying to find one person in the class who agrees with each of their negative statements. When a student agrees with a classmate's statement, they respond with an appropriate 'neither' or 'nor' expression, e.g. 'Neither am I.' The other student then writes down their name. If a student doesn't agree with the statement, they respond by saying what they have written for the same prompt. The activity continues until all the students have completed the worksheet with names. Finally, students give feedback to the class on what they found out.
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So, Neither or Nor?

Intermediate (B1) 30 minutes
ESL so, neither or nor game preview for B1 showing topic cards, agreeing phrase prompts, and group competition

ESL So, Neither or Nor Game - Speaking: Making and Responding to Statements - Group Work

In this entertaining agreeing game, students race to agree with statements using so, neither or nor. In groups, students take turns picking up a topic card and showing it to the group, e.g. sports. The...

ESL So, Neither or Nor Game - Speaking: Making and Responding to Statements using Prompts - Group Work In this entertaining agreeing game, students race to agree with statements using so, neither or nor. In groups, students take turns picking up a topic card and showing it to the group, e.g. sports. The student then picks up a set of 'So, Neither or Nor' cards and looks at the phrase on the first card without showing it to anyone, e.g. 'So do I.' Next, the student tries to make one of the other students say the agreeing phrase on the card by making a statement related to the topic, e.g. 'I sometimes play football in the park.' The first group member to agree with the statement using the correct phrase wins and keeps the card. The student then looks at the next 'So, Neither or Nor' phrase card and makes another statement relating to the topic, trying to get through as many cards as possible in one minute. When the time limit has been reached, students count their agreement cards, scoring a point for each one. All the 'So, Neither or Nor' cards are then reshuffled, and it's the next student's turn. The game continues until all the topic cards have been used. The student with the most points at the end of the game wins.
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I'd Go Along With That

Upper-intermediate (B2) 30 minutes
ESL agreeing and disagreeing worksheet preview for B2 showing advanced phrases, gap-fill and group discussion

ESL Agreeing and Disagreeing Worksheet - Vocabulary Exercises: Gap-fill, Matching, Binary Choice, Error Correction - Speaking Activity: Discussion, Freer Practice

In this comprehensive agreeing and disagreeing worksheet, students practice advanced phrases used to agree, partially agree, and disagree...

ESL Agreeing and Disagreeing Worksheet - Vocabulary Exercises: Gap-fill, Matching, Binary Choice, Error Correction - Speaking Activity: Guided Discussion, Freer Practice In this comprehensive agreeing and disagreeing worksheet, students practice advanced phrases used to agree, partially agree, and disagree. First, students complete phrases for agreeing, partially agreeing, and disagreeing and then indicate the function of each phrase. Next, students match each opinion with a suitable response. Students then underline the correct word or phrase to complete each sentence. After that, students find mistakes in phrases and correct them. Finally, in groups of three, students discuss statements and say whether they agree or disagree with them using the phrases from the worksheet. Afterwards, groups report back to the class on the statements they agreed on.
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React

Upper-intermediate (B2) 25 minutes
ESL agreeing, disagreeing and surprise role-play preview for B2 showing reaction cards and guided conversation

ESL Agreeing, Disagreeing and Showing Surprise Activity - Speaking: Role-Play, Making and Responding to Statements, Communicative Practice

This fun agreeing and disagreeing role-play activity helps students practice language for expressing agreement, disagreement and surprise. First, students read...

ESL Agreeing, Disagreeing and Showing Surprise Activity - Speaking: Role-Play, Making and Responding to Statements, Communicative Practice This fun agreeing and disagreeing role-play activity helps students practice language for expressing agreement, disagreement and surprise. First, students read an opinion on a card and pretend it is their own. Students then go around the class giving their opinions to a classmate, who reacts with an expression of agreement, disagreement or surprise and then asks follow-up questions. The two students then keep the conversation going briefly before swapping roles. When a pair has finished, the students exchange cards and find a new partner. The process is then repeated, and so on. After practicing the expressions, students turn over their opinion cards and write an opinion of their own on the back of the card. Finally, students repeat the activity one more time using their own opinions.
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School Improvements

Upper-intermediate (B2) 30 minutes
ESL agreeing and disagreeing activity preview for B2 showing group idea sharing, presentation, and voting

ESL Agreeing and Disagreeing Activity - Speaking: Providing Ideas and Reasons, Presenting, Discussion, Communicative Practice - Pair and Group Work

In this communicative agreeing and disagreeing speaking activity, students agree and disagree on how money should be spent on school facilities and...

ESL Agreeing and Disagreeing Activity - Speaking: Providing Ideas and Reasons, Presenting, Discussion, Communicative Practice - Pair and Group Work In this communicative agreeing and disagreeing speaking activity, students agree and disagree on how money should be spent on school facilities and equipment. Students pretend that their school has been awarded $100,000 to spend on new facilities and equipment. The students' task is to put forward ideas on what new facilities or equipment to get with the money. In pairs, students think of facilities and equipment their school needs and write down four possible ideas and reasons. Next, each pair presents their ideas to another pair. The students discuss each idea in turn, giving their opinions, agreeing and disagreeing. The two pairs then agree on one idea as a group and present it to the class who votes for the best one.
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Would you agree?

Upper-intermediate (B2) 35 minutes
ESL agreeing and disagreeing game preview for B2 showing group statement discussion and phrase point scoring

ESL Agreeing and Disagreeing Game - Vocabulary and Speaking: Binary Choice, Writing Sentences, Discussion, Communicative Practice - Group Work

This free agreeing and disagreeing game helps students practice various phrases for stating an opinion, asking for an opinion, agreeing and disagreeing...

ESL Agreeing and Disagreeing Game - Vocabulary and Speaking: Binary Choice, Writing Sentences, Guided Discussion, Communicative Practice - Group Work This free agreeing and disagreeing game helps students practice various phrases for stating an opinion, asking for an opinion, agreeing and disagreeing. First, students choose the correct words to complete phrases for stating an opinion, asking for an opinion, agreeing and disagreeing. Students then write four controversial statements using topics from the worksheet. Next, in groups of three, students discuss each statement for two minutes using the phrases on the worksheet. The aim is to try to use as many of the phrases as possible during each discussion. Each time a student says one of the phrases, they score a point and put a tick in a table. The student with the most points after all the statements have been discussed wins.
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Understanding Agreement and Disagreement

Agreeing and disagreeing are ways of showing whether you share another person's opinion or whether a statement is also true for you. Choosing a suitable phrase helps you make your position clear, explain a different view and respond to other people in a discussion.

This page has twelve activities, games and worksheets from Pre-intermediate (A2) to Upper-intermediate (B2), including two free downloads. The resources cover agreement with positive and negative statements, expressions of agreement and disagreement, and discussions in which students explain opinions or reach a shared decision.

The table shows phrases for different kinds of agreement and disagreement, with examples of how to respond.

FunctionPhraseExample Exchange
Agreeing with a positive statement So do I. 'I enjoy walking.' 'So do I.'
Agreeing with a negative statement Neither do I. / Nor do I. 'I don't enjoy cold weather.' 'Neither do I.'
Expressing a different preference I do. / I don't. 'I don't like camping.' 'I do. I enjoy being outdoors.'
Strong agreement I couldn't agree more. 'We should give everyone a chance to speak.' 'I couldn't agree more.'
Tentative agreement I suppose so. 'We could try the earlier train.' 'I suppose so.'
Partial agreement I agree up to a point, but... 'Online classes are more convenient.' 'I agree up to a point, but some students prefer learning in a classroom.'
Softening disagreement I'm not so sure about that. 'Everyone prefers studying alone.' 'I'm not so sure about that. Some people prefer working together.'
Strong disagreement I completely disagree. 'Students should never ask questions.' 'I completely disagree.'

How to Use Agreeing and Disagreeing Phrases

Match the response to the statement: With 'so', 'neither' and 'nor', choose an auxiliary verb that matches the statement's tense or verb form. For example, respond to 'I can swim' with 'So can I', and to 'I haven't finished' with 'Neither have I'. These responses express agreement; use a contrasting response when the statement is not true for you.

Explain your position: Add a reason or example after an agreement or disagreement phrase so the other person understands your view. For example, 'I agree because we need more time to prepare' gives a discussion partner something specific to respond to.

Choose how directly to disagree: Consider the situation, your relationship with the other person and how strongly you want to express your view. 'I see where you're coming from, but...' acknowledges a viewpoint without necessarily agreeing with it. When making a group decision, check agreement explicitly rather than treating silence as agreement.

3-Step Framework for Teaching Agreeing and Disagreeing

1. Establish Meaning and Form: For a B2 class, start with exercises in which students complete agreement phrases, identify their functions, match opinions with responses and correct errors. Discuss how each phrase expresses agreement, partial agreement or disagreement so students can choose suitable language in the discussion that follows.

2. Practice Responding in Discussion: Next, students write opinion statements and discuss each one in groups of three for two minutes, scoring points for using the supplied phrases. Encourage them to connect each phrase to the opinion being discussed and explain their response, preparing them to compare suggestions in a decision-making task.

3. Reach a Shared Decision: Finally, use the scenario in which a school has been awarded $100,000 for facilities and equipment. Pairs prepare four ideas with reasons, discuss them with another pair and agree on one proposal to present to the class. This gives students a shared decision to work towards while practicing agreement and disagreement.

Common Mistakes with Agreeing and Disagreeing

Using 'So' to Agree with a Negative Statement: To agree with a negative statement, use 'neither' or 'nor' with the appropriate auxiliary verb. 'So do I' agrees with a positive statement. Incorrect: 'I don't like spicy food.' 'So do I.' Correct: 'I don't like spicy food.' 'Neither do I.'

Adding 'Be' Before 'Agree': 'Agree' is a verb, so it does not need 'am', 'is' or 'are' in a present simple statement. Use 'don't' or 'doesn't' to make it negative. Incorrect: 'I am agree with you.' Correct: 'I agree with you.'

Common Questions About Teaching Agreeing and Disagreeing

What free worksheet helps teach agreeing and disagreeing?

The free worksheet Do you agree? connects agreement phrases with supporting reasons. Students sort expressions by function and strength, match them to explanations and write responses to opinions. They then discuss their responses with a partner, moving from choosing suitable phrases to explaining why they agree or disagree.

What game helps students practice so, neither and nor?

The game So, Neither or Nor? combines topic prompts with a race to agree. One student makes a statement intended to produce a particular agreement phrase. Classmates compete to give that response and win the card, so they need to match their auxiliary verb and positive or negative agreement form to the statement.

What speaking activity helps students practice agreeing and disagreeing?

The speaking activity React extends agreement and disagreement beyond a single response. Students present opinions from cards, react to a partner's view and ask follow-up questions to continue the exchange. They swap roles and partners, then repeat the activity with their own opinions, moving from supplied ideas to personal responses.

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